Kenneth Ray Marshall v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed Marshall’s conviction for aggravated residential burglary, holding that his challenge to the State’s proof of specific intent was not preserved because he did not raise it in his directed-verdict motion. The court further held that substantial evidence supported submitting to the jury whether the hammer was a deadly weapon based on the manner in which Marshall possessed and raised it while threatening the victim. The court also rejected Marshall’s argument that his acquittal on a separate terroristic-threatening charge undermined the burglary verdict.